DAMM YANKEES (1995 a 1997)

1995..............DAMN YANKEES BROADWAY
1995-97.......  DAMN YANKEES NATIONAL TOUR
1996............  DAMN YANKEES INTERNATIONAL TOUR

SCENE WITH 

                                             Susie Taylor as Lola

Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallopand music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball. The musical is based on Wallop's novelThe Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant.

Damn Yankees ran for 1,019 performances in its original 1955 Broadway production. Adler and Ross's success with The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees seemed to point to a bright future for them, but Ross suddenly died of chronic bro

Characters

• Joe Boyd — A middle-aged, overweight married man who is in love with baseball, especially the Senators [the "older" Joe Hardy]
• Joe Hardy — The 22-year-old, home run hitting alter ego of Joe Boyd
• Lola — The Devil's seductress assistant
• Mr. Applegate — The Devil in disguise as a slick salesman
• Meg Boyd — Joe's loyal, traditional wife
• Van Buren — The hard working manager of the Washington Senators with great heart but no luck
• Gloria Thorpe — A probing reporter
• Rocky — A baseball player for the Washington Senators
• Smokey — A "dim bulb" catcher for the Washington Senators
• Doris — A friend of Meg
• Sister — A friend of Meg
• Mr. Welch - The owner of the Senators
• Others: Bouley (also called Ibsen in some productions), Vernon, Henry, Linville, Sohovik, Lowe, Mickey, Del, and The Commissioner
• Baseball players and batboys; Baseball fans' wives

1994 Broadway Revival

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1994	Tony Award	Best Revival of a Musical		Nominated
		Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Victor Garber	Nominated
		Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Jarrod Emick	Won
		Best Choreography	Rob Marshall	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Revival of a Musical		Nominated
		Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	Jarrod Emick	Won
		Outstanding Orchestrations	Douglas Besterman	Nominated
	Theatre World Award		Jarrod Emick	Won
			Jerry Lewis	Won